--- title: St. Cloud Shines Blog | Investor Features description: Investor Features | The St. Cloud Shines blog is where you can find our Shines stories, featured articles about our Investor partners, and more! image: https://blog.stcloudshines.com/hubfs/active-central-minnesota.png --- [Skip to content](https://blog.stcloudshines.com/blog/tag/investor-features/page/1#main-content) [Hmoob](https://www.stcloudshines.com/hmoob/) [Pусский](https://www.stcloudshines.com/pусский/) [Soomaali](https://www.stcloudshines.com/soomaali/) [Español](https://www.stcloudshines.com/espanol/) [Tiếng Việt](https://www.stcloudshines.com/tieng-viet/) [![St. Cloud Shines](https://blog.stcloudshines.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Shines_Logo-Orange.png?width=1944&height=799&name=Shines_Logo-Orange.png "St. Cloud Shines")](https://www.stcloudshines.com/) - [Our Community](https://www.stcloudshines.com/our-community/) - [Things To Do](https://www.stcloudshines.com/things-to-do/) - [Jobs & Careers](https://www.stcloudshines.com/jobseeker-careers/) - [Education](https://www.stcloudshines.com/education/) - [Resources](https://www.stcloudshines.com/resources/) - [Blog](https://www.stcloudshines.com/blog/) - [Our Community](https://www.stcloudshines.com/our-community/) - [Things To Do](https://www.stcloudshines.com/things-to-do/) - [Jobs & Careers](https://www.stcloudshines.com/jobseeker-careers/) - [Education](https://www.stcloudshines.com/education/) - [Resources](https://www.stcloudshines.com/resources/) - [Blog](https://www.stcloudshines.com/blog/) BLOG / # Shines Stories - [Employer (11)](https://blog.stcloudshines.com/blog/tag/employer) - [Investor Features (36)](https://blog.stcloudshines.com/blog/tag/investor-features) - [Jobseeker (17)](https://blog.stcloudshines.com/blog/tag/jobseeker) - [Stories (167)](https://blog.stcloudshines.com/blog/tag/stories) [![St. Cloud Live](https://blog.stcloudshines.com/hubfs/STCLive%20logo.jpg)](https://blog.stcloudshines.com/blog/coming-to-you-st.-cloud-live-forum-communications) ## [Coming to You (St. Cloud) LIVE: Forum Communications](https://blog.stcloudshines.com/blog/coming-to-you-st.-cloud-live-forum-communications) St. Cloud LIVE is a local news website launched in early February by Forum Communications Company,... 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